The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 209
split off and fallen into the water,these boulders are often held in their embrace.It is a curious fact that many huge stones foundon the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland havebeen carried to their final resting-place all theway from Greenland imbedded in icebergs thatstranded or grounded on these… … LIKE SOME GIANT ANIMAL. Constant pressure upon it as the glacier has beencrowding its way to the sea, has made it dense,compact, just as hammering and pressing makethe iron bar harder and stronger. But on looking at the iceberg through the ma-rine glass or telescope, its walls may appear…
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